To help policy makers who plan national pilot programmes and their evaluations, PIRU has developed a guidance document “Advice and how to commission national policy pilot evaluations”. The document is available here >>

Payment-for-performance: incentivising quality in public services

PIRU’s event on payment-for-performance (P4P) held in February 2013 reviewed the evidence for P4P and its evaluation. The event brought together research and policy experts for an evening of presentations and a panel discussion to explore the gains that may be made by applying P4P techniques, as well as an appraisal of the limitations.

Full details and a range of post-event outputs including downloadable slides, videos of the presentations and panel discussion, interviews, summaries and blogs are available here >>

The Responsibility Deal - Supersized Health Promotion

Mark Petticrew, Professor of Public Health Evaluation at LSHTM

We can surely only get healthier, it would seem, when the public sector, academics and voluntary organisations team up with the food, drinks and leisure sectors to promote healthy living. That’s the claim behind the Government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal.